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White weddings become catalyst for platinum recovery in China

By Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai and Richard Lapper in Johannesburg

Published: November 21 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 21 2009 02:00

Fu Qingyun is recently married and a poster bride for a turnround in the world platinum market, powered, as are so many other economic sectors these days, by China.

Ms Fu, 30, and her fellow Chinese brides, who value platinum partly because it goes so well with a white wedding dress, are on course to snap up enough of the metal to make up for a sharp fall in demand from the auto components industry.

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